1. University of Calgary Continuing Education
Construction Contract Law and Documents
Week 13
Contract Types
Forms of Contract

2. Types of Contractual Relations
Design-Bid-Build
Stipulated Price
Cost Plus
Construction Management (CCDC5A)
Construction Management at Risk (5B)
Design-Build
EPC/EPCM
Integrated Project Development

3. Standard CCDC/CCA Contracts
CCDC 2 Stipulated Price Contract
CCDC 3 Cost Plus Contract
CCDC 4 Unit Price Contract
CCDC 5A – Construction Management – for services
CCDC 5B – Construction Management – for services and construction

4. Standard CCDC/CCA Contracts
CCDC 14 Design-Build Stipulated Price Contract
CCDC 15 Design Services Contract between Design-Builder and Consultant
CCDC 17 Stipulated Price Contract for Trade Contractors on Construction Management Project
Civil Works Project

5. Standard CCA Contract CCA-1 Stipulated Price Subcontract
CCA-19 Stipulated Price Sub- Subcontract

6. Project Documentation
Project budget
Your cost – not revenue
Enumerate all resource profiles
Show all anticipated cost changes (ie: prices)

7. Project Documentation
Project schedule
Detailed so that changes in order of work can be identified
Show resources on critical activities
Show owner supplied deliveries or work
Allowance for approvals shown explicitely

8. Project Documentation
Updating Project Plan
Critical to ensure credibility (we do this normally – not just to show the error of the other party)
Must reflect true activity – don’t try to hide your own dirty laundry
Should be accurate record of the plan revisions necessitated by changing conditions

9. Project Documentation
Correspondence
Must be formal and organized
All formal documentation, initially, should be to the notice address
Subsequent, project kickoff meetings would define operational changes to flow of documents – must be confirmed in writing to notice address
Separate files for each claim – suggested

10. Project Documentation
Review Contract
Note all notice requirements
Note notice address
No matter what, unless you have a formal instruction, always send Notices to Notice Address
Pay particular attention to notices regarding delays, unexpected work, changes to the work – these are the prime source of claims for extras.

11. Project Documentation
Routine
Each level of management should review reports from level below
Each level of management should prepare material for level above
Concept of overlapping and complementary information

12. Project Documentation
Examples
Superintendent daily diary (independent corroboration of all site activity – personnel changes, tardiness, everything)
Weekly site report by superintendent
Perhaps prepared by site engineer by endorsed by site supervisor
Reviewed by Project Manager
Monthly report by project manager
Reviewed by company management.